A good teacher instructs; a great teacher inspires.
As a lifelong learner, I want to inspire my students to fall in love with learning too. I believe that a teacher's job is to build a vision of success for students, so the importance of relationships and personal connections cannot be undervalued. My goal for teaching is to engage students in multiple ways through visual, auditory, read/write, and kinesthetic activities. Through the combined approaches of collaboration, graphic organizers, project-based learning, multimedia, hands-on activities, and anecdotes I strive to enrich the learning environment with multiple opportunities to understand the material. I use positive language to create a caring and open environment where it is safe to make mistakes. I use formative assessment daily to improve student learning and determine areas that need further instruction or revision activities. Summative assessment should be frequent, with the opportunity to replace old grades with newer evidence of skill and knowledge mastery. Finally, while I am always satisfied with my teaching, I believe that it can always be improved. Participating in opportunities for professional development whenever possible helps me continue my lifelong learning.
--William Arthur Ward
I Believe that Learners are:
Curious Inquisitive Energetic Youthful Exploratory Eager Engaged Motivated Malleable Independent Open Respectful Hard-working Behaved Listener Behaved
I Believe that Teachers should be:
Passionate Respectful Creative Knowledgeable Encouraging Trustworthy Challenging Facilitating Leadership Patient Kind/Caring Engaging
Clear
Concise
Organized
Friendly
Fun
Approachable
Confident
Role Model
Supportive
Perceptive
Connective
Influential
Fair Aware
I Believe that Learning Environments are:
Safe (physically and emotionally safe)
Set Rules/Structured (good classroom management)
Organized
Open
Fun
Constructive
Consistent
Non-judgemental
Trusting
Freedom to explore
Interactive
Experimental
Inclusive
Cooperative (Relaxed)
Competitive (Stressful)
Available resources
Clear expectations
Community-involved
Opportunistic
I Believe that Learning Strategies include:
Hands-on Activities
Independent Learning (self-exploratory)
Cooperative Learning (group work)
Competitive Learning (challenge self)
Debate (both sides or devil’s advocate)
Discussion
Visual
Role Play
Field Trip
Real-world Application
Creative
Unconventional
Experimental
Trial-and-Error
Personalized
Well-planned lessons
and activities
Positive Reinforcement
Self-evaluation
Self-realization
Build Responsibility
Student-directed
Fresh
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I love youth and am passionate about teaching them positive self-esteem! When students feel confident in our abilities and are surrounded by a safe and nurturing environment, any potential can be unlocked.
I can hardly wait to teach high school physics, because I intend not only to make the challenging material bearable, but also enjoyable. Kid culture is to learn through play, so why not employ similar self-exploratory activities in a physics classroom?
Sit on a computer chair and spin around with your arms outstretched. Next, pull your arms into your torso. Note if you go faster or slower with a smaller radius. Now that I have your attention, I can teach you about centripetal force and acceleration!
I believe in looking beyond the IQ of a student in a classroom.
All people are creative and wonderfully gifted in their own ways.